Re: do { quit; } else { }

From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date	2026-01-27 15:36 -0800
Organization	None to speak of
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Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>>> Wuns Haerst <Wuns.Haerst@wurstfabrik.at> writes:
>>> [...]
>>>> I think Thiago's idea is brilliant.  He should become a
>>>> member of the  standardization committee.  He's welcome
>>>> to post suggestions like this here.
>>>
>>> If someone wants to propose a revision or addition to the
>>> ISO C standard, the appropriate newsgroup in which to post
>>> it is comp.std.c, not comp.lang.c.
>>
>> Perhaps, but comp.std.c has no official status with the ISO C
>> committee.  I don't know if any of its members even read it.
>
> I expect none do, but that has no bearing on my comment.

I say it does.

Someone reading your post (more than 8 months ago) might easily
have inferred that comp.std.c has some official standing with
the ISO C committee.  I agree that comp.std.c is probably a more
appropriate place to post suggestions for changes to the standard.
I was adding information, not disagreeing.

[...]

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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